The alarm clock goes off, you flip on the light switch and the automatic
coffee maker starts brewing. And while these actions are simple and
mundane, the electric grid that powers our everyday electric devices is
a vast and complicated system. On Tuesday’s Vermont Edition: everything
you wanted to know about how the electric grid works. As people in our
region debate the best ways to generate energy, we’ll take a look at the
infrastructure that transmits electricity from massive generating
sources to our homes and offices. We talk with Paul Hines, professor of
electrical engineering at the University of Vermont, who’s research
focuses on the stability and vulnerability of the electric grid.
Post your questions below or write to vermontedition@vpr.net
Also in the program, cartoonist Ed Koren is well-known for his squiggly,
hairy characters that appear regularly in The New Yorker. Since the
1960s, Koren has had more than 1,000 of his cartoons published by the
magazine. He works out of an old farmhouse in Brookfield, and
Jane Lindholm paid a visit to Koren’s studio to learn how he approaches
cartooning.
And as sap is running strong, we continue our week-long series to
celebrate the tradition of maple sugaring. VPR’s Steve Zind heads into
the woods to tap trees with a family that does its own backyard sugaring.
